Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$3,485,137

Total expenses

$2,837,433

Contributions and grants received

$3,265,070

Grants paid

$565,855

Program service revenue

$215,541

Investment income

$3,772

Other revenue

$754

Total assets, end of year

$1,570,784

Total liabilities, end of year

$279,703

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,291,081

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,644,295

Management and general expenses

$122,285

Fundraising expenses

$70,853

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,644,295

Program services were 93.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• COMMUNITY AND FARMER DEVELOPMENTRTC COORDINATES EDUCATIONAL AND NETWORKING ACTIVITIES FOR BEGINNINGFARMERS. WE MANAGE AND GROW THE FARMLAND ACCESS HUB, A MULTI-STATENETWORK OF ORGANIZATIONS WORKING COLLABORATIVELY ON FARMLAND ACCESS FORBEGINNING FARMERS AND TRANSITIONS FOR RETIRING FARMERS. WE PROVIDE PUBLIC EDUCATION:THROUGH THE ECOEXPERIENCE EXHIBIT AT THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR WHERE WE BRING INFORMATION AND EXCITEMENT ABOUT LOCAL FOOD AND FARMING TO THE 250,000 ATTENDEES FROM MN AND BEYOND THAT ATTEND EVERY YEAR. WITH ""COME AND GET IT"", WE ARE ASSISTING 9 MN COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP ON-FARM EVENTS THAT CONNECT FARMERS TO CONSUMERS, AND RETAIL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS. IN OUR URBAN AG WORK WE PROVIDE GRANTS AND ASSISTANCE TO URBAN FARMERS AND GARDENERS TO FURTHER DEVELOP THEIR OPERATIONS.

  Expenses $1,560,941 · Revenue $188,078

• CONSERVATIONRTC ASSISTS FARMERS IN CONNECTING WITH USDA PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, SUCH AS LOANS OFFERED BY THE FARM SERVICE AGENCY AND NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION SERVICE PROGRAMS. AS OF THE END OF 2024 WE HAVE ASSISTED OVER 240 FARMERS, PROVIDING COACHING VIA A TEAM OF COMMUNITY CONNECTORS, AS WELL AS SUPPORT, WORKSHOPS, FARM TOURS,AND NETWORKING. WE EMPOWER WOMEN THROUGH THE SOIL SISTERS AND WOMEN IN CONSERVATION PROJECTS, RECENTLY EXPANDED INTO MN. WE ARE BRINGING SHARED ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL BENEFITS TO URBAN COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF MINI FORESTS, WITH ONE COMPLETED AND TWO IN PLANNING PHASES.

  Expenses $272,559

• LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMWE WORK TO DEVELOP SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT A ROBUST LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM. RTCOFFERS INDIVIDUALIZED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SMALL AND MID-SIZEDFARMERS AND FOOD BUSINESSES AND INSTITUTIONS WHO ARE INCORPORATINGLOCAL FOODS INTO THEIR MENUS AND ONTO THEIR SHELVES. WE SUPPORT SIXREGIONAL FARMERS MARKETS HUBS, EXPANDING OPERATIONS THROUGH PRODUCTAGGREGATION AND SALES TO INDIVIDUALS CONSUMERS, WHOLESALE ANDINSTITUTIONAL BUYERS. WE ARE A PARTNER IN THE ARTISAN GRAINCOLLABORATIVE, WORKING TO DEVELOP SHORT, VALUES-BASED SUPPLY CHAINS,WITH A GOAL TO INCORPORATE MORE SMALL AND ARTISAN GRAINS IN THE UPPERMIDWEST LANDSCAPE. AS CO-FOUNDER OF THE FEAST! NETWORK, WE COORDINATE THE FEAST! LOCAL FOODS MARKETPLACE IN ROCHESTER, MN, AS WELL AS AN ANNUALTRADESHOW CONNECTING FOODMAKERS TO WHOLESALE BUYERS, AND PRODUCE ANANNUAL LOCAL FEAST! MAGAZINE. WE WORK WITH FARMERS, PROCESSORS ANDSPECIALTY FOOD MANUFACTURERS TO INCREASE THEIR USE OF LOCAL FARMS ANDBOLSTER THE SUPPLY CHAIN FOR LOCAL FOOD IN OUR REGION, IN 2024 DEVELOPING A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON BUILDING CAPACITY FOR FUNCTIONAL BERRIES. ADEDICTATED STAFF TEAM MAKES CONNECTIONS THROUGH FARM TO EARLY CARE ANDFARM TO SCHOOL AND INSTITUTION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING SUPPORTING COMMUNITYGARDENS AND HOME-BASED DAY CARES IN ST PAUL AND OFFERING EDUCATION ANDFUN PROJECTS TO GET CHILDREN EXCITED ABOUT GROWING AND EATING LOCALFRUITS AND VEGETABLES, INCLUDING DISTRIBUTION OF LOCAL CSA FARM BOXES TO 10 ST PAUL DAY CARE CENTERS.

  Expenses $810,795

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

• FOLWELL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION

  $14,400

  ENHANCING MN TWIN CITIES URBAN AG ECOSYSTEM AND USDA CONNECTIONS

• THE FOOD GROUP

  $11,000

  EMERGING FARMERS CONFERENCE SUPPORT

• GREAT RIVER SCHOOL

  $10,000

  THE PEOPLE'S GARDEN INITIATIVE

• HAMLINE MIDWAY COALITION

  $10,000

  THE PEOPLE'S GARDEN INITIATIVE

• LYNDALE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION

  $10,000

  THE PEOPLE'S GARDEN INITIATIVE

• NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY DEVT INST

  $10,000

  THE PEOPLE'S GARDEN INITIATIVE

• ST PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS

  $10,000

  THE PEOPLE'S GARDEN INITIATIVE

• SOMALI AMERICAN FARMERS ASSN

  $9,895

  ENHANCING MN TWIN CITIES URBAN AG ECOSYSTEM AND USDA CONNECTIONS

• BF 50 CENTRAL AREA NEIGH DEVT ORG

  $9,774

  ENHANCING MN TWIN CITIES URBAN AG ECOSYSTEM AND USDA CONNECTIONS

• MN FARMERS MARKET ASSN

  $9,700

  INCREASING ACCESS TO HEALTHY LOCAL FOODS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

3 October 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202542799349300319

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